India

BJP leaders missed the bus: Celebrating Tagore's birthday on Twitter two days before D-Day won't hit the target

Though celebrating Tagore's birthdate on May 7 is technically correct, it is not so culturally. For Bengalis, the bard's birth date is 25th Baishakh (May 9) and it is culturally significant. The BJP needs to understand it if it wants to make bases in Bengal.

May 7, 2017

Why Uddhav Thackeray's call for tearing Pakistan into pieces is dangerous for India

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray recently urged PM Narendra Modi to teach Pakistan a lesson by tearing it into pieces. The appeal is not just naive but is also dangerous.

May 7, 2017

BJP up in arms against Amazon Canada for selling decoration with incorrect map of India

The Delhi unit of the BJP has asked Amazon Canada to pull from its website a product which depicts the map of India incorrectly. Read to know more.

May 7, 2017

Bernie Sanders backs brother Larry in Witney by-election

Bernie Sanders defends President Trump's praise of Australian healthcare system

Sanders also said the Senate should use the Australian system as a model while crafting an alternative to Republican healthcare legislation that Trump endorses. Read to know more.

May 7, 2017

AAP sacks Kapil Mishra as Delhi water minister over Rs. 400-crore water tanker scam probe

Mishra has threatened to expose some people close to party chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the water tanker scam following his removal. Read to know more.

May 7, 2017

Kolkata Police issues directive to bar owners to keep breath analysers, spare drivers to drive drunken customers back home

The directive was issued during a meeting with around 30 major bars, restaurants and clubs at the police headquarters.

May 6, 2017

Indian-origin girl in England scores 162 IQ points; beats Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking

Rajgauri Pawar, a 12-year-old Indian-origin girl, scored 162 in the British Mensa IQ Test, which she had taken in Manchester in April.

May 6, 2017

Bihar politics jolted as expose highlights Siwan don Shahabuddin lording over Lalu Prasad

Political rivals are asking Nitish Kumar to step down as Bihar chief minister after tapes leaked by Republic TV revealed Shahabuddin ordering Lalu Prasad around. Read to know more.

May 6, 2017

Ganges Voyager II: Conde Nast Traveller lists Ganga cruise as one of six river cruises to take in 2017

The 185-foot long Ganges Voyager II set sail on Ganga River in January 2016. It carries up to 56 passengers and has three decks.

May 6, 2017

Tanzania accident: 34 killed as bus carrying primary school students falls into gorge

Emergency services have started to remove bodies trapped in the wreckage.

May 6, 2017

Sukma Naxal attack: 19 Maoists behind 'cold-blooded murder' of CRPF jawans arrested in Chhattisgarh

The attack had led to 25 soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) being martyred, in what Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh would say was "cold-blooded murder."

May 6, 2017

Pakistan's ISI involved in funding stone-pelters through Hurriyat in Jammu and Kashmir: Report

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has been routing funds to the tune of Rs 70 lakh to stone-pelters in the violence-hit state of Jammu and Kashmir through Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah.

May 6, 2017

West Bengal: 2 killed, 4 injured as molten iron falls on labourers at SAIL's IISCO plant in Burnpur

Two people were killed and at least four others were injured in a freak industrial accident at IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur in West Bengal. Read to know more.

May 6, 2017